Bizarre reasons why i wont celebrate my birthday
This is a last-minute blog post before I head to the North for a vacation.Why do we celebrate birthday anniversaries anyway? Do we really have to be reminded that we're a year older? Nowadays, my own birthday just depresses me and that's about it. On the 25th, I wish that there is nothing in the house to show that said day is another milestone in my life - another year gone by. So why do I not want to celebrate my birthday? I could come up with a lot of reasons or excuses for this such as “Sorry guys, I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning” or that it is a waste of money and energy, but the following are the deeper reasons.
“THEY ONLY SEND YOU CARDS OR GREET YOU
OUT OF A SENSE OF DUTY OR SOCIAL OBLIGATION”
The reason is not because I do not want to clean up the mess or wash a pile of dishes taller than me afterwards or that I am a grumpy gentleman hehe. It is more of a personal perception and feeling. I personally do not enjoy the psychological aspect of these days. For example, I feel an iota of displeasure over few people who only make contact on birthdays. Magtetext lang minsan sa isang taon dahil birthday mo at pag ire-reply mo ng “thanks”, magrereply siya, “k”. haha nakakasakit ng bangs!
Isa pa, the brief messages on the card that have been written by someone else or forwarded text quotes about birthdays (na inipon niya sa inbox as template para i-send sa kung kanino mang may birthday) are, on few occasions, a bit irrelevant, inappropriate, not germane to, or perfectly reflective of the sender’s actual feelings for the celebrant. It is even worse when you know that they gave you a card or memento out of a sense of duty or social obligation. Nakakainis din minsan kung yong text na greeting sayo ay meron ka na non sa inbox mo para isend din sa ibang may birthday haha. If I am important and mean something to these few people, this should be apparent throughout my life at hindi lang one text a year (dapat nagtitext sila ng magagandandang quotes para may pang-forward din ako sa iba, OR pinapasahan ako ng load, OR nagcocomment sila sa mga wall posts ko para ma-beat ko si Alma sa number of comments) ahaha!..... (READ MORE)
